The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY UNITED PRES FULL LEASED ASSOCTATIO: WIRE SERVI USTRIAN The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ROOPS ARE MOWED DOWN oe At the Postoffics wt PPP LLL LPP PLL LPP PP PPP NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast fair; mode Tonight wenterly and Thursday, ate winds Moattic, Wanh, under the Act of Congress March 2, 1879 NS cK or ‘The cagte is screaming these days. America tx advance of its troop movement schedule. More than a million | men are now in France. Today's | dispatches tell of further Amer fean successes, The Yanks are | putting the Hun on the run. 7 a os) “FOE IN ATTACK July 3.—The Italians have undertaken a if effort on the lower Piave, it was learned authoritative source today. Between th old and they advanced from 2,000 to 3,000 yards on an le front, it was stated. ——— | WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD, 3.—The previous estimates of 1,500 Austrians killed in the recent mountain fighting is considerably increased. It that two enem: iments, one of which was en-| fresh, were entirely wiped out, all of their members| ; killed or captured. z ak units in hand-to-hand fighting killed an ‘Austrian colonel and his entire staff. prisoners and captured documents it is learned \that the support from Austrian artillery was very poor. The attacking party numbered less than the enemy prisoners captured. | BRITISH BAG 43 FOE PLANES IN HOT DUEL LONDON, July 3 —Forty-three airplanes | } | | “Twenty-two tons of bombs were Gropped during the day, and 13 tons during the night. All our night fly ing machines returned. and three ob- balloons were account- i : “During the night of July 1-2, enemy airdrome at Boul ceastu attacked T works and the railway heim were bombed w the was suc ¢ Oppau at Mann n good effect as were also the railway Thionville “On July on railway ig. More bombs were drop- Pasitions. our aeroplanes were the statement said jerman machines and German balloons were destroy 4 during the day and 15 other hos ‘tile airplanes were driven down out control. In addition. two large fle night flying machines landed d our lines. Hight of our ma Chines are missing. Y SOLDIERS | DEFY ENEMY OFFICERS cam iy1 i 2 bombs were dropped station at Ti Our formation was attac above jective by enemy machines, of which was shot down. The rail way siding and sheds were bombed with good results ur machines returned safely.” HINT OF PEACE AT CONFERENCE its ob: one at Coblenz All GENEVA, July 3-—-Several regi- LONDON, July In connection * ments of Austro-Hungarian soldiers with the return of sir George Cave quartered in Prague and Gratz mu- from T Hague, it rumored that peace terms were mentioned the Anglo-Germar change of prisoners There is no confirmation Cave, who in secretary it onference of ex tinied when their bread ration was eliminated, according to the Prague Tageblatt. * The mutineers announced they had enough cartridges to shoot their of- ficers, whereupon the bread ration ‘wan restored and the revolt ended due to the for headed the British delegation home afairs, ‘The spirit of mutiny food shortage is spreading thruout the country, even affecting the 1. troops on the Italian front, the news SERVE ONE YEAR | FRENCH TAKE MILWAUKER, July 3.—Dr. David i Roberts was found guilty here today on a statutory charge growing out of | the Lusk Roberts tr and waa entenced to one year in the house i PARIS, July 3.—Another German agers a eee hou k oO ne ewly on | of correction un boniion at Vaue west ot| Testimony during the trial and ateau Thierry failed yesterday, the Conviction of rirace Lusk for the French war office announced today. Murder au a koharts was the In local operations between Rube n of court and Soissons, the French ad vanced half a mile on a two-mile front, taking 220 prisoners “Between the Oise and the Aisne jocal operations north of Moulin Hous-Touvent enabled the French to | were taken capture German positions on a front ‘German attempts failed northeast | of three kilometers to # depth of 800 |of Mocel-Haute, im Alsace.” i ra, taking 220 prisoners. ‘Weat of Chateau counter-attack upon Vaux under French fire 4 prisoners Seattle to Lewis of at To Deliver Message Victory Carnival Training Station , WILL ENCIRCLE THE CITY An aareplohe fight between Seattle and Camp Lowis will be a feature of the Fourth of duly celebration tomorrow At 3 o'clock In the afternoon, Fadward Hubbard, official pilot of the Bosing Airplane Co., will carry Lieut. T. Condon, jr. of the naval aviation service, as a courier from the naval training camp at Seattle to American lake. Lieut. Condon will have with him letters from Admiral Coonts, commandant of the 13th naval district, to Col, BE. N. dones, commanding officer at Camp Lewis, inviting the colonel, his staff and the enlisted men at Camp Lewis to attend the Seat tle Girts’ Vietory carnival, at the naval training camp, July 28, inclusive. He also will have a letter from Ole Hammon to Mayor ©. M. Rid dell, of Tacoma, officially invit ing the city of Tacoma to the big carnival. ‘The big seaplane will rise from the waters of Lake Union at the Naval Training camp, and, after circling over the city, will start out with a dash for Tacoma. They wil! circle over that city, and the automobile races at the Speedway before land int near the Country club, at Ameri can lake. Here the courter and pilot will be greeted by Col. Jones and Mayor Riddell or their represent atives, and will carry back « mes. |aage of acceptance to Admiral | Coontz and Mayor Hanson. FE. N, Gott of the Boeing Airplane | company will make the run in a mo tor car, carrying necessary supplies to the neaplane Lieut. Condon, jr. the official courier, is stationed at the Boring plant as inspector engineering ma terials for the government Hubbard, who will fly the plane. is a Seattle boy, who ledrned to fly in an old machine on Lake Washing. ton 48 KILLED; 60 HURT INT. N, T. PLANT BLOWUP SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 3.— Forty-eight dead are the county morgue, some are believed still in the ruins; more than 60 are injured, of whom 10 or 15 are so seriously hurt that their re covery is doubtful, and the prop erty lows is estima at $750,000, as the result of the fire and ex plosion in the T. N. T. plant at Split Kock Iast night iremen and scores of workers were lose to the scene en the blast came. The bodies one group of fire fighters were hurled high in the air According to one workman taken to a loca) hospital, who was em ployed in the pulverizing plant, the fire started in a pulverizer. There the T. N. T., whic ble in water, is washed in ted to a temperature of 138 ¢ and then poured into vats cloxe by, kept at the same temperature for a short ume, w the crystalizing process takes place rapid WASHINGTON, Jul enator Ben R. Tillman 1 Carolina, died at 4.20 this morning after a short II) ness, following two strokes of paraly s thin the last ten days Iman was born in Edgefield county, #. C., the son of a f The sobriquet of “Pitchfork was given him because of a habit he had of pitching into opponents when a good fight was on From early life he was active in politics, always supporting the cause of the farmer HUNS RETAKE ALBERT GROUND July rec The Germans ptured most of the the British northwest » Field Marshal LONDO last nig! ground won b: of Albert on y Haig reported today. D YANKS WIPE OUT RE Fly From thanks to them. ever. down and smoke some real thoughtfulness, I remain, } “SERGT. W. G. SAUNDERS, Our artillery laid down a terrific, ‘Total casualties, including those more this year. } ‘0. 104th Inf. A. E. F.” barrage that entirely cut off the at-| lost at sea and those returned from Fourteen destroyers will be } tacking force while the American | ®broad, were Of men who launched tomorro' were originally casualties, a consider Al 1 — machine gun and rifle fire annthilat-| oie number went back to service be pas 2 een ae The above letter speaks for itself. Today there are more than a million American sol- diers in France. They want American tobacco. Are you going to deny them this little bit of com- fort? ; Tomorrow is Independence day. | The Star’s “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund” is |; striving to raise $40,000 before July 12, when the pres- | ent drive ends. Tomorrow there will be many volunteer workers in the parks, in the streets, on the highways. They will 3 ask you to help the tobacco fund. Can you fail them? GIVE WHAT YOU CAN. THE BOYS ACROSS THE SEA ARE GIVING THEIR ALL IF NEED BE. The least you can do is to clip the coupon in The } Star today on page 5 and help the plucky Yanks with a smoke. STAGE ALL BIG FOURTH OF JULY Thursday will ser the biggest Fourth Seattle has ever under taken. It will be packed with action from the opening of the Army WEDNESDAY, au L iY How You Can Help on Fourth | SOMEWHERE ‘Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund’: contribution of tobacco from Mr. and Mrs. ling, of Park, Washington, “I think the idea you are carrying thru is the best “I tried while in the city to buy some American tobacco but was disappointed and had - buy some tobacco greatly inferior to the good old U. “While we are so far from hame it is very grati- fying to know that our friends at home are trying hard to do all they can to help and comfort us. “After a hard day's drill, “Hoping you have very successful results from your campaign, and receive my letter thanking everyone for 8 Viverwhere Por ye in Seattle $461 1918, ‘Rout Foes | in Attempt Near Vaux Americans Shatter German Attacks on New Line &- Around Chateau Thierry ANNIHILATE MANY MEN IN FRANCE I received a $ Harry Schil- i and have sent my sincere DISPATCH FROM CARL D. GROAT (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Btar) WASHINGTON, July 3.—War department of- ficials hope to maintain for at least one or two months _ more the great troops shipment records 1,019,115 men hove eae been sent overseas up to | Secretary Baker declined today to comment on the prospects. Other officials revealed that future ments are mainly a matter of how long the British » Dispatch From Lowell Mellett United Press Leased Wire | Direct to The Star S. A. tobacco, By » WITH THE AMERICANS ON Hide THE MARNE, July 2—Even- (Spare their speedy transports for American use. That it is very nice to lie ing)—The Americans utterty de | have passed our first million was revealed in an tobacco, molished an attempted counter. letter sent President Wilson by Secretary Baker. Given out to add zest to the nation’s Fourth, it that from a handful—1,718 in May, 1917—the ti tion authorities had jammed up the record to 276, June, 1918, or 32,000 above the May, 1918, figure. } : | attack on their new positions 2 west of Chateau Thierry this morning, taking 97 additional prisoners | ed them A number of light machine guns fighting, Everybody Thrilled On every hand, “America’s first million” caused a thrill. Members of | congress who had been bitter at ear. Mer delays and mistakes in war work | | hailed dispatch of so great a force as| a signal achievement. | Tt is only one of several oe good news to add to the” Amettan | Fourth celebration } American fighting mem wit Italy. were captured in this raising the total taken since last | night to more than 60. Final check ing up of the boche prisoners taken fn last night's and today’s operations is expected to show more than 600. last night's advance progressed farther at some points than Was first reported. It is now established Other items are that the maximum penetration was America has 2,300,000 men un- about a kilometer and a half, or ‘ » OF | der arms and will call 1,500,000 nearly a mile Aviators Defy Hans While the German counter attack was under way this morning, elght American fliers successfully engaged nine boches above the center of last night's battle. The fight lasted 35 minutes. Two Germans, from a_height of 12,000 feet, dove thru an Ameriacn |patrol, hoping to draw the latter down into an ambuscade. The Amer {| feans saw the trap and attacked at 9,000 feet. A free-for-all resulted, in which four boche planes were sent spinning. The French later reported | these were destroyed John MacArthur, of Buffalo, in| credited with two of the victims while Albert Grant, of Denton, Tex, men will be across by the winter sets in. TO DOUBLE MILLION , BEFORE OFFENSIV| BY J. W. T. MASON there will be no false start #0 6 United Press War Expert as Gen. Foch can carry out Ris NEW YORK, July 3.—The ar- | P!495, nor will an effort be made 6 break the German war machine rival of America’s first million (25 inadequate supply of men. troops in France does not mean — 650,000 Fighters the time has come when Amer- Of the million American troops: ica's major offensive should be- France, approximately 650,008 gin. actual fighters. Of these It is highly improbable that Gen. combatants more than 400,000 have Foch will use the Americans in an reached France since the ype is SET FOR and Jack Hoover of Nashville. extended offensive this summer. of Von Hindenburg's Tenn., got the others. A sudden emergency may arise, March 21. That means the British marrnnwwr~~,, Donald Hudson, of Kansas City,/™aking such a course imperative, and French casualties in the spring but under normal conditions, anoth. | offensive have much more than been er million Americans ought to be in| made good ‘ France before the supreme effort is| Gen. Foch, therefore, in all proba: made to inflict military defeat on the bility, has superiority in man power Hohenazollerns over Von Hindenburg. The superior: whose machine gun had jammed, dived directly between two Germans who had maneuvered Fred Norton. of Columbus, ©., {nto a dangerous probably saved his life. ) HERE’S SCHEDULE OF JULY 4 EVENTS | position and Navy baseball, at Woodland =) io a m--Army and Navy base The tle ved with the remain.| Gen. Foch has demonstrated this | ity, however, is not yet sufficient t© park, at 10 a m., until the clase ball, Woodland park ing Germans fleeing to their own | Year that he has the supreme qual- insure that quality of supreme ot the big open-air pavement 11 a m.—Hallard parade, ending ) tines ity of patience, altho he well knows pressure which the allies must be dance on Second ave, at 930 at Meacham & Babcock ship- French Send Thanks that the allies must a the of. prepared to maintain, once the Amer p.m. yards fensive weapon to win the war. But ican offensive starts: A huge fireworks display, depict: |) 11:15 a m.—At Alki playfield, Bal The warm feeling toward Ameri. Ing the blocking of the Zeebruqge lard playfield, Mount Baker { by the Weve popuadon ae ee et hh tae ty eae park, Volunteer park and Wood. | this region is evidenced in the joint alta wil Be given’ at W808 land park, Boy Scouts sports, 5 letters from the mayors in the Meux and park in the evening. Permis-|( 11:20 a, m.—Twin launchings at }| ‘strict to the commanding general nit ess sion for thiv fireworks display was | Meacham & Babcock shipyards. The people will not forget the be: And the sporte—Racen for the fat‘) other races. forth and aared than.” the letter| LONDON, duly 6.Lant ithenda, test men Seattle can produce, events |; til) p.m Tugof-war between | cad. “The mayors and eye-witnesses | food controller, died today. The end toe tie kidniee aud Mr. Avetaee pg erie 4 og mea teams, | at theme generous, efficacious deeds came at 9 a.m. Rhondda had been ar vents igen Will be held in five parks, oie Ft eeteee cauatage platform at || sond their heartfelt admiration and |in failing health for several weeks (he, Hirention . Gt. ORR tN aia, . gratitude.” as the result of overwork in han have been planning the thing for . alg ae aye yard dest be as dling the food situation | (1,436th day of the war; 105th weeks ween picked Army and Navy ; He became food controller June 15,| day of the big offensive.) Launch Big Ships teams, at Volunteer park i . BA sb 1917, succeeding Lord Davenport MARNE FRONT—Americi Brawny giants from Camp Lewis pb. m.—Pageant of democracy, | PERSHING SAYS Rhondda died at his home in Lian-| aad will meet naval men in a tug-of-wor bands and community singing, { yesterday repulsed a second Ger- wern Park, Wales. man counter attack on the new~ at Alki playfield, Ballard play field, Mount Baker park, Volun teer park and Woodland park tis. The fast speediest swim- navy will com at Volunteer park ext sprinters and th mera from army an 500 CAPTURED — | | FIRECRACKER COIN ly teau Thierry. The French advanced a half- won positions west of Cha- ents. ) 320 Fourth of July pete in other park n m ur ‘ Maurice Case French plenipo speakers at five parks, with CAN GO FOR STAMPS) mite on « twomile front north- tentiary, will view the pageant and Maurice Casenave, French dip Sin Wak tibvent viaeueradar west of Soissons, taking 220 pris- speak at Woodland park. He will be lomat, at Woodland park money in Thrift stamps on the Ye RoY RECESS 3 one of the guests of honor, entertain 4 to 4:30 p. m.—-Military and na by United Press Leased Wire Direct Fourth of July this year. CAR RONT, mans ed thruout the day by @ special com val maneuvers at all five parks. s, to sell stam | Jast night recaptured most of the ? 23 to The Star Booths, t ps, will be | mittee, Judge Claypool also will ) 230 to 4 p, m Launchings at WASHINGTON, July 3.—Five open in the parks and at the ground taken by the British speak at Woodland park _ Ahipyards on the waterfront henarel re viethal nual: shipyards, where public launch northwest of Albert Sunday. Seven huge ships, built by 40 to 9:30—-Street dancing, with " 3 ings are Shee be held. ALSACE FRONT. — German 4 hilation of a complete Geeman rf workmen, will slide down the 1 bands on Second ave || Reetthee bedi Nader enebares af ——— raids repulsed. in waterfront shipyards in special ‘ 2 —~| military ‘booty were the record ITALY. — Additional reports patriotic launchings of American forces near Chateau CHICAGO OFFICIALS xreatly increase the original Pageants of democracy parks will commence at 2 There will be park sp SEVEN SHIPS WILL BE LAUNCHED HERE Thierry, Gen. Pershing reported today The Americans, in capturing para to the big pavement dance. Seattle will launch 44,400 tone of Vaux, the Bois de la Roche and | ¢!#!s today approved a plan of hero GERMANY.—A hundred thou. or nd ave, headed by Mayor higping Thtmday; duly 4th the neighboring wood, advanced recognition which may spread over! gand cases of “Spanish influen- und Mrs, Hanson Four big steel and three Ferris, on a mile and a half front to a | the country A commission was| z@" reported thruout the coum. For half an hour before this last A s named to construct a temporary me ry Mi: 1 nour tl he. clawed to t¥be Wooden ships will take the wa (Continued on page 10) ies te Culcaaneiabe AAIRIIS ak ; event, the street wi tae bateeat dias RL aneaTO Gan 7 x 4 Sinking of the Llandovery Cas- traffic, All buildings along the street "rie Sibtic will be permitted to x the end of the war it will be replaced| je {5 semi-officially denied in a I be decorated, aio view the Iaunchings 63 More Americans» # premanent monument. tatement which, suggeats that We speed urnish music “Following in the program Ranney ritish mine” pec ae for tual aaneerds Vo) og bet || TUT eee eae Ties, ong Are Given Medals ie : | responsibte. It'n going to be a big Fourth weacham & Habcock; Mrs. W. M.|, WASHINGTON, July } World’s Largest H AUSTRIA.—Several regiments the biss nt Seattle hax ever witness vio im, Kponsor three more soldiers hi n{) {| of Austrian soldiers in Prague ‘ B uit 86 private fireworks will ery uadd: tons; awarded the Ua alaN a Serv 5 Flag is Unfurled ' and Grate revolted when their ne permitted ‘bin Cross for gallantry in action, Gen. |) | bread ration was cut off, Hundreds of Seattle people will go ae Ie B. Dershing reported today ) by Chicagoans S\/ _RUSSIA.—Fifty thousand Gere pedis) apo Ry, * : — 10 p. m.—Western Cross, 8,800 | > ————————}} cnicaco, July 3. — Traffic || ™an troops reported to have en: pe: a will not begin until 2 p. m tons; J. F, Duthie's; Mrs, F, 0, Fisk, tons; J, F. Duthie's, Miss Florence |} cops were ordered today to clone ) tered Fintaad to participate in “phere will be a big military pro. | *Ponsor Fraser, sponsor f ) one Chicago street to all traffic}, the proposed Murman campaign; am in the Stadium at night in Ta 2:45 p. m.—Forster, 3.500 tons; Nil 3:30 p., m-- Delight 500 tons for half an hour, while a tailoring ( ieee son & Kerlez; Mrs, W. A. Magee, & ty; Miss Helen 3 © unfurled the world's Mrs, B, 1, Short, 1518 Seventh POR is Be pad sponsor largest flag. Tailors sewed stripes {| ave., and Mrs. B. M. Mitchell, same 1p. m—West Gambo, 8.800 tons,| Employes of the Duthie and Skin. ) of bunting into an ensign measur {| address, sustained cuts and bruises A THRIFT STAMP Skinner & Eddy, Miss Elsie J, Cam. | ner & Eddy plants are in full charge |) ing 160x80. It will cover one side }' when struck by a Renton street car | will keep the eron, sponsor of the launchings, The workers!) of a seven-story building at the Intersection of Fourth ave, | ¢———_——_——_—— 3:15 p. m.—Western Star, 8,800 chose the sponsors. and Pike st., early Wednesday, PLAN HERO MONUMENT} CHICAGO, July 3.-—-Chicago offi estimate of 1,500 Austrians kill- ed in the recent Italian victory in the mountains,